The River

Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from foreclosing on their farm. While Mae stays at home to care for their children and tend to the crops, Tom finds work as a scab at a steel mill to preserve his family's property.

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  Mel Gibson

  Tom Garvey
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  Sissy Spacek

  Mae Garvey
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  Scott Glenn

  Joe Wade
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  Billy Green Bush

  Harve Stanley
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  Don Hood

  Senator Neiswinder
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  James Tolkan

  Howard Simpson
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  Andy Stahl

  Dave Birkin
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  Frank Hoyt Taylor

  Zemke
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  Amy Rydell

  Betty Gaumer
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  Samuel Scott Osborne

  Billy Gaumer